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Lighting of chicken kicks off shopping season in Gainesville
New 20-foot metal bird to be lit at annual event
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A giant chicken is lit each year at Jingle Mingle to kick off the holiday season. A new, metal one will be lit this year. Photo courtesy of Main Street Gainesville
Once the chicken is lit above Gainesville’s Main Street Market, the Christmas season begins. “Where else do you see the lighting of the chicken?,” Kristen Howard, Main Street Gainesville manager, said of the lighting at the annual Jingle Mingle event. “Some people light a Christmas tree or the square, we light a giant chicken.”